Articles by danielle

Happy All Saints Day! And what better way to celebrate than to revel in some original blessing?! Today marks the one year anniversary of the publishing of Original Blessing, so this week I’m going to share some goodies with you! And, if you sign up for my newsletter, I’ll send…

On this day marking the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation, I’ve found myself asking some questions about what the Church today could be like, had things happened differently. What we know for certain is that the Catholic Church in 1517 was in many ways corrupt and…

Tending Two Shops by Rumi   Don’t run around this world looking for a hole to hide in. There are wild beasts in every cave! If you live with mice, the cat claws will find you. The only real rest comes when you’re alone with God. Live in the nowhere…

My friend PostBarthian just shared some unpublished (for a wide audience) thoughts from Moltmann about original sin. Go read his post here. I’ll be responding to the whole of the post, but for reference here is the primary quote: Our definition of original sin therefore must be: 1) hybris and…